Okay, I've managed to finish four out of the six platforms. I hope to finish the last two platforms this week. It's starting to come together. I'm still working out how to implement the arched roof top. Originally I was thinking of making the truss structure out of sheets of plastic. However, I've had a change of heart after working with the platforms. There's no way I would be able to cut out identical arches using the sheets. I would go mad. So now I'm considering using skinny styrene tubing that I can bend into the arched truss structure, but I would need to build a jig first.
It was 1994 and I was working in Doha helping CGIS implement a nation wide GIS. My vacation was coming up and I had decided to head over to Europe instead of going back home for a visit. It was my first time traveling alone and my first visit to Europe. I was young and naive, which were two great characteristics to possess when experiencing new cultures. It certainly helped me to adjust to middle eastern ways for two and a half years. I arrived in Amsterdam with no itinerary and just an Eurorail pass in my hands. I journeyed from Amsterdam to Bruxelles to Paris to Lyon to Milano to Firenze to Verona to Venice to Vienna to Salzburg to München to Frankfurt to Köln and full circle back to Amsterdam. It was wonderful traveling across Europe by train. Sometimes I was unable to find accommodations so I slept in train stations, but enjoyed it nonetheless. That was back in the days when it was still safe to do so. That particular trip had a profound impact on me and was the catalyst for my interest in this hobby. My model trains help me to relive those wonderful memories of my first trip across Europe.
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